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Dr has recently given a seminar for the Research Department External Seminar Series.

In his seminar, titled ‘On the Heterogeneous Consequences of Civil War’, Dr Bove shows how the occurrence of a civil war has heterogeneous effects on the level of GDP, using case-study, synthetic control and large-N panel-data approaches. He first discusses the relation between these methods and then provide lower and upper estimates of the economic effect of civil war. Although, on average, the incidence of internal conflicts has a negative effect on the GDP level, it is very often insignificant. More importantly, however, both methods display a wide variety of individual separate effects, and in a large number of countries civil war has either no effect or a positive and significant impact on the prospect for economic growth.

PAIS PhD student was invited to present at the LSE Conference on 'Everyday Humanitarianism'.

Marco's paper was entitled: 'A Responsibility to Profit? Social Impact Bonds as a Form of Humanitarian Finance'.

Abstract:

Recent years have seen the emergence of new forms of ‘social impact investing’ which aim to achieve the dual objective of producing a social outcome while earning financial returns on capital. One subset of impact investing vehicles is the so-called social impact bond (SIB), geared towards financing social welfare services. Across the Global North and the Global South, SIBs are now being rolled out to facilitate humanitarian purposes through market means. In an effort to trace the politics of such “humanitarian finance”, Marco engages a case study of the London Homelessness SIB, which seeks to improve outcomes for entrenched rough sleepers.

Further details of this ongoing project on ethical finance and the politics of impact investing can be found here:

Under Shahnaz Akhter鈥檚 expert organisation, the Department is running a Widening Participation project this year called the Colonial Hangover, in which students will be encouraged to challenge what they think they already know about the continuing legacies of the British Empire. Other project members are former PAIS undergraduate student Nikita Shah, who is now enrolled on the MA in Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs at the University of Waterloo, current PAIS undergraduate student Honey Fafowora, and Matthew Watson.

Various events are being run on campus and in participating schools this year, culminating in a full Pathways to Politics Colonial Hangover Day on July 13^th. The Pathways to Politics Day will have a distinct arts theme to it, as it will include a commissioned dance by the Sapnay School of Dance and an exhibition of commissioned artwork by Inkquisitive Illustration, alongside a showcase of the work that the participating students will have undertaken on the project, Honey鈥檚 own accompanying art exhibition and Nikita鈥檚 spoken word workshop. The project partners also include the British Film Institute, the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry and the University of the Arts in London.

The video is a recording of the lecture that was delivered by Matthew Watson at 糖心TV on March 22^nd to introduce the project. Along with other learning materials, it will shortly be showcased by , 糖心TV鈥檚 online platform for outreach to teenage students around the world. IGGY has very kindly provided the Colonial Hangover project with its own pages on its website.

PAIS PhD student Jennifer Philippa Eggert is to give a talk on women in ISIS in Leamington on Saturday April 16th for the UNA 糖心TV & District.

Since the emergence of so-called 'Islamic State' (ISIS) in the Spring and Summer of 2014, the cases of young Muslims from Europe joining ISIS in Syria have garnered considerable media attention. Especially the fact that dozens of young women have decided to migrate to the Middle East and join ISIS has raised many questions.

In her address to the local UN Association, Jennifer Eggert will share findings from her research focusing on women and terrorism in general, and women in ISIS in particular. She will address issues such as:

• What are the reasons for which young British women decide to leave their homes and join a terrorist group in a war zone?
• What do we know about their motivations and expectations?
• Once with ISIS, what are their roles within the organisation?
• Why have ISIS decided to encourage women to join them from abroad?
• What can we do to counter and prevent this trend?

In her research, she focuses on political violence and terrorism, with a particular focus on the role of women during war and violent conflict. She holds degrees from LSE, Sciences Po and the European University Viadrina and has worked in the fields of intercultural dialogue, community empowerment, capacity building and the prevention of extremism in a number of countries in Europe, the Middle East and South Asia.

Leicester City's win at Sunderland over the weekend guaranteed the club Champions League football next season.

As the club close in on the most unlikely of Premier League titles, ITV Central News caught up with Dr , module director of the PAIS final year undergraduate module, The Cultural Political Economy of Sport, to ask what he thought the economic and cultural impact of the Europe's premier club competition might be for the city of Leicester.

The report can be watched below: